St. Paul daily globe., 1887-06-24
NO. 175.

Yet Mr.. Burton had admitted that his
company received G6 per cent. more
than that, and under the guise of phi
lanthropy the cOmplainants come here
and ask an order perpetuating these
rates. Mr.. Dexter referred with con-
siderable severity to the attacks upon
Mr. Stones veracity, declaring that the
statement (by Gen. Butler) that his
(StOne'S) interest had affected his con-
science, was an uncalled for and unbe-
coming assault upon gentleman of Mr..
Stones responsibility. He asserted,
that the service in the Burton, as COM
pared with that in the common car, was
not like SERVICE" and therefore there
could be no discrimination, and could
as a consequence, be no case. G. c.
Green, representing the Lake Shore
road, followed Mr.. Dexter. He de-
clared that Mr.. Burton and his manager
in Chicago knew that
THE SYSTEM OF CHARGES !
to which objection was made were fixed
for the convenience of the patrons of the
Burton company. If it were true, as al
legged by the complainant. that 100 roads
were hauling the Burton cars and pay
ing the mileage, while the company, as
appeared by the testimony of Mr.. Bur-
ton, possessed only eighty cars, the pub
lie ought not to be seriously ineom-
moded because the other roads did not
haul them. There were twenty more
roads on the list than there were cars to
be hauled. John S. Blair, representing
the Union Pacific and the Missouri Pa
cific, waving all questions as to the
SufficIency of the evidence for the pur-
pose of establishing complainants allie
cations, argued briefly the question of
jurisdiction and more at length the JUS
tlce OF the rate charged to the Burton
people. The excess complained of
was for hauling the car empty
that about one-ialf the gross weight of
a Loaded freight train consisted of the
train itself. Now if it were just to
charge $40 per car load for haul of 500
miles, the charge of $50 per car for
hauling the empty the other way was
not unjust. Judge Shellabarger. repre-
Sentlng the same roads, argued that
while the Burton company was not
common carrier in its primary capacity, !
yet when it came, as in this complaint
before the commission. representing.
that its cars were accepted by 100 rail
road companies. it became a commoni
carrier and was therefore the subject of
the provision of the interstate law,
which relieved railroad companies from
the necessity Of furnishing tracks and
external facilities to their rivals. No
member of the commission would risk
his life upon a railroad whose tracks
were open to the use of every conner.
The Cut in Eastern Rates. !
CHICAGO, June 23.-At a meeting of
the Central Traffic association held to-
day to consider the serious cuts in the
rates to the seaboard made by the Wa
bash Western railway, it was resolved
hot bnir N,,,l- H..
trunk lines be appealed to for such ac-
ton as would adequately protect their
Western connections, and prevent the
decentralization that must follow the un-
authorized rates of the Wabash West
ern. The trunk lines were asked to re-
qulre the observance of equal through
rates TO the extent, if necessary. of with
drawing the through tariffs and through
line agreements with the disturbing
road. If the trunk lines cannot take the
action requested, they were asked to
concur in the recommendation of the
Central Traffic association that rates be
promptly reduced from time to time to
meet the unauthorized lower tariff of
other railroads. The association lines
are to act only and lower the tariff as
occasion may require.
The Pacific Inquiry.
OMAHA, June 23.-At to-days session
of the Pacific Investigating committee,
Traffic Manager Kimball being asked
when he would produce the diary to re-
fresh his memory regarding the attend
ance on legislative bodies, said he did
not intend to produce it, as it was his
private diary. He asked for time to
make references. ID. 5. Barriger. of the
Omaha Elevator and Grain company, said
the Union Pacific paid his company
rebates to enable it to meet competition,
and because other roads paid them to its
competitors. The rebates had been
3 cents per 100 at some points, and
at others. Of these the Union Pacific
only stood 40 per cent, the remainder
being refunded them by the other roads
in combination with it. This company
has for two years past received
a continuous rebate OF l cent per
100 at the Omaha transfer. KIM
ball was recalled and testified
that Charles Francis Adams was stock
holder in the Argentine Smelling COM
pany at Kansas City, but this had not
helped that company any. They had
had occasional rebates. but did little
business with the Union Pacific. Re-
bates had also been given the Boston &
Colorado company, with which ex-
Senator Hill was connected, but the
latter always complained that the rebates
were too small.
A Positive Promise.
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